Patent Application
20230200428
The present invention relates to a wrap off-cuts cutting and returning apparatus in a gyoza forming machine, and more particularly to a wrap off-cuts cutting and returning apparatus in a gyoza forming machine for reusing a belt-like wrap off-cuts after die cutting a belt-like noodle skin for a gyoza skin.
In the past, as disclosed in patent literature 1, there exists a gyoza making apparatus including an input unit which can input a half kneaded material, a belt-like forming unit which compresses the half kneaded material input to the input unit and forms into a belt-like shape, a die cutting unit which can die cut the belt-like material obtained in the belt-like forming unit into a predetermined shape and obtain a gyoza skin, a gyoza forming unit which puts a gyoza filling on the gyoza skin obtained in the die cutting unit and obtains a gyoza by wrapping the gyoza filling with the gyoza skin, and a carry-in unit which carries the wrap off-cuts after die cut by the die cutting unit in the belt-like forming unit.
The belt-like forming unit of the patent literature 1 is configured to be capable of forming a belt-like material having a first layer which is formed in one surface side and is formed by the half kneaded material input to the input unit, and a second layer which is formed in the other surface side and is formed by the remaining material carried in the belt-like forming unit by the carry-in unit.
However, in the patent literature 1, a production cost can be reduced by reusing the remaining material, but the second layer formed by the remaining material is inside the skin on which the gyoza filling is put. As a result, the second layer is less flexible in comparison with the skin of the first layer, and there is a risk that the texture will deteriorate. More specifically, since moisture of the reused remaining material is different from moisture of the newly input half kneaded material, the portion obtained by the remaining material is different in hardness from the portion obtained by the half kneaded new material in a case where the remaining material die cut by the die cutting unit is reused as the gyoza skin. As a result, the quality varies and there is a problem that the texture and taste deteriorate.
The present invention is made by taking into consideration the conventionally existing circumstances as mentioned above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a wrap off-cuts cutting and returning apparatus in a gyoza forming machine which can reduce a production cost by reusing a remaining material (wrap off-cuts) after being die cut, and can obtain a one-layer structure gyoza skin which can suppress deterioration of texture and taste due to the remaining material and maintain a quality with no variation.
In order to achieve the object mentioned above, according to the present invention, there is provided a wrap off-cuts cutting and returning apparatus in a gyoza forming machine compressing a half kneaded noodle skin raw material to form into a belt-like shape, die cutting the obtained belt-like material into a predetermined shape to form a gyoza skin, putting a gyoza filling on the gyoza skin, and wrapping the gyoza filling with the gyoza skin to obtain a gyoza, wherein the wrap off-cuts cutting and returning apparatus comprises a cutting unit which sequentially cuts a belt-like wrap off-cuts after being die cut into a wrap off-cuts piece having a predetermined length via a feeding unit thereof, a supply unit for the half kneaded noodle skin raw material to which the wrap off-cuts piece cut by the cutting unit is continuously supplied while dropping, and a noodle belt forming unit which compresses the wrap off-cuts piece and the noodle skin raw material mixed within the supply unit to form a one-layer structure new noodle belt, and wherein the gyoza forming machine is configured to return the wrap off-cuts piece obtained by cutting the die cut belt-like wrap off-cuts of the new noodle belt formed by the noodle belt forming unit by the cutting unit to the supply unit for the half kneaded noodle skin raw material.
The cutting unit for the belt-like wrap off-cuts includes a pair of rotary blade and rotating roller which are arranged in an opposing manner so as to cut across the vertically dropping belt-like wrap off-cuts at intervals in a vertical direction while holding the vertically dropping belt-like wrap off-cuts from both surfaces.
The rotary blade includes a plurality of plate blades which are provided in a protruding manner at uniform intervals on an outer periphery of a rotating shaft and are slightly longer than a horizontal width of the belt-like wrap off-cuts.
A scraper is arranged below the rotary blade and the rotating roller, the scraper scraping off noodle dregs which are attached to a leading end a plate blade in the rotary blade and an outer periphery surface of the rotating roller.
The cutting unit for the belt-like wrap off-cuts is formed by a flat blade and a backing plate which move forward and backward in a horizontal direction so as to cut across the vertically dropping belt-like wrap off-cuts at intervals in a vertical direction while holding the vertically dropping belt-like wrap off-cuts from both surfaces.
The supply unit includes a hopper which is arranged below the cutting unit and to which the half kneaded noodle skin raw material and the wrap off-cuts piece cut by the cutting unit are supplied while dropping, and a feeding conveyor which feeds the noodle skin raw material and the wrap off-cuts piece to the noodle belt forming unit while mixing and is disposed in a lower side of the hopper.
An agitating mechanism is provided in an inner portion of the hopper, the agitating mechanism mixing while agitating the half kneaded noodle skin raw material and the wrap off-cuts piece fed by the feeding conveyor.
The noodle belt forming unit includes a rolling machine fixed to a shaft in which a rotating disc axially supporting a plurality of beat rollers so as to be rotatable on the same circumference is pivotally supported below a support frame, and the half kneaded noodle skin raw material and the wrap off-cuts piece mixed within the supply unit are rolled between the noodle belt forming unit and an upper portion of the driving roller at the front of the feeding conveyor below the supply unit, so that one-layer new noodle belt is formed.
The needle belt forming unit includes a rolling machine fixed to a shaft in which a pipe roller is pivotally supported below a support frame rotatably, and the half kneaded noodle skin raw material and the wrap off-cuts piece mixed within the supply unit are rolled between the noodle belt forming unit and an upper portion of the driving roller at the front of the feeding conveyor below the supply unit, so that one-layer new noodle belt is formed.
The feeding unit includes a driving roller which is arranged at a front position, a driven roller which is arranged at a rear position, an endless conveyor belt which is wound between both the rollers, a support plate which is arranged along a lower surface of an upper horizontal portion of the conveyor belt, and a pressing roller and a lifting roller which bring the upper horizontal portion and a lower horizontal portion of the conveyor belt into contact with or close contact with both upper and lower surfaces of the support plate near a rear side of the conveyor belt.
A plurality of die cutting holes for the gyoza skin are open to the endless conveyor belt at uniform intervals.
Through holes for the gyoza skin having the same shape and the same size as those of the die cutting holes in the conveyor belt are open to the support plate in the die cutting unit at the rear of the support plate.
A plurality of locking projections are provided in a protruding manner at uniform intervals on outer peripheries of both ends of the driving roller, and a plurality of locking holes locked to the locking projections are pierced at uniform intervals in both sides of the endless conveyor belt, so that the conveyor belt is rotated in the same direction according to rotation of the driving roller.
The die cutting unit includes a cover which is covered from the above in the vicinity of a rear side of the feeding unit and is open in a lower end thereof, a base plate which is fixed to an approximately center portion in the cover, and a punching die which is arranged below the base plate so as to be movable up and down.
The punching die is configured to transfer the belt-like wrap off-cuts to a front side of the feeding unit, the belt-like wrap off-cuts on which a plurality of punching holes are formed at uniform intervals, the plurality of punching holes being obtained by die cutting the new noodle belt mounted on the upper surface of the conveyor belt while sequentially inserting to and extracting from the through holes in the support plate of the feeding unit and the die cutting holes passing through both the upper and lower surfaces of the conveyor belt in the cover.
The punching die is configured to transfer the gyoza skin to the gyoza forming machine waiting below the die cutting unit, the gyoza skin being obtained by die cutting the new noodle belt mounted on the upper surface of the conveyor belt while sequentially inserting to and extracting from the through holes in the support plate of the feeding unit and the die cutting holes passing through both the upper and lower surfaces of the conveyor belt in the cover.
A description will be given below of an effect of the present invention.
According to the first aspect of the present invention, in the gyoza forming machine compressing the half kneaded noodle skin raw material to form into the belt-like shape, die cutting the obtained belt-like material into the predetermined shape to form the gyoza skin, putting the gyoza filling on the gyoza skin, and wrapping the gyoza filling with the gyoza skin to obtain the gyoza, the gyoza forming machine comprises the cutting unit which sequentially cuts the belt-like wrap off-cuts after being die cut into the wrap off-cuts piece having the predetermined length via the feeding unit thereof, the supply unit for the half kneaded noodle skin raw material to which the wrap off-cuts piece cut by the cutting unit is continuously supplied while dropping, and the noodle belt forming unit which compresses the wrap off-cuts piece and the noodle skin raw material mixed within the supply unit to form the one-layer structure new noodle belt, and the gyoza forming machine is configured to return the wrap off-cuts piece obtained by cutting the die cut belt-like wrap off-cuts of the new noodle belt formed by the noodle belt forming unit by the cutting unit to the supply unit for the half kneaded noodle skin raw material. Therefore, the production cost can be reduced by reusing the wrap off-cuts corresponding to the remaining material, and the reduction in the texture and the taste caused by the difference in hardness between both surfaces of the two-layer structure gyoza skin can be improved by employing the one-layer structure formed by the new noodle belt.
According to the second aspect, the cutting unit for the belt-like wrap off-cuts includes the pair of rotary blade and rotating roller which are arranged in the opposing manner so as to cut across the vertically dropping belt-like wrap off-cuts at intervals in the vertical direction while holding the vertically dropping belt-like wrap off-cuts from both surfaces. Therefore, the belt-like wrap off-cuts after being die cut can be continuously cut, and a lot of wrap off-cuts pieces can be efficiently obtained.
According to the third aspect, the rotary blade includes the plurality of plate blades which are provided in the protruding manner at uniform intervals on the outer periphery of the rotating shaft and are slightly longer than the horizontal width of the belt-like wrap off-cuts. Therefore, the belt-like wrap off cuts after being die cut can be securely cut without being failed to be cut.
According to the fourth aspect, the scraper is arranged below the rotary blade and the rotating roller, the scraper scraping off the noodle dregs which are attached to the leading end of the plate blade in the rotary blade and the outer periphery surface of the rotating roller. Therefore, the left-over material and the trouble in the cutting work due to the motion of the rotary blade and the rotating roller can be avoided, and the scraped-off noodle dregs can be supplied while dropping into the hopper without being wasted.
According to the fifth aspect, the cutting unit for the belt-like wrap off-cuts is formed by the flat blade and the backing plate which move forward and backward in the horizontal direction so as to cut across the vertically dropping belt-like wrap off-cuts at intervals in the vertical direction while holding the vertically dropping belt-like wrap off-cuts from both surfaces. Therefore, the belt-like wrap off-cuts after being die cut can be continuously cut, and a lot of wrap off-cuts pieces can be efficiently obtained.
According to the sixth aspect, the supply unit includes the hopper which is arranged below the cutting unit and to which the half kneaded noodle skin raw material and the wrap off-cuts piece cut by the cutting unit are supplied while dropping, and the feeding conveyor which feeds the noodle skin raw material and the wrap off-cuts piece to the noodle belt forming unit while mixing and is disposed in the lower side of the hopper. Therefore, the half-kneaded noodle skin raw material and the wrap off-cuts piece can be smoothly and securely transferred and fed to the noodle belt forming unit.
According to the seventh aspect, the agitating mechanism is provided in the inner portion of the hopper, the agitating mechanism mixing while agitating the half kneaded noodle skin raw material and the wrap off-cuts piece fed by the feeding conveyor. Therefore, the half kneaded noodle belt raw material and the wrap off-cuts piece can be more securely mixed within the hopper.
According to the eighth aspect, the noodle belt forming unit includes the rolling machine fixed to the shaft in which the rotating disc axially supporting the plurality of beat rollers so as to be rotatable on the same circumference is pivotally supported below the support frame, and the half kneaded noodle skin raw material and the wrap off-cuts piece mixed within the supply unit are rolled between the noodle belt forming unit and the upper portion of the driving roller at the front of the feeding conveyor below the supply unit, so that one-layer new noodle belt is formed. Therefore, it is possible to easily form the new noodle belt having the one-layer structure in a short time on the basis of the beating motion of the plurality of beat rollers.
According to the ninth aspect, the needle belt forming unit includes the rolling machine fixed to the shaft in which the pipe roller is pivotally supported below the support frame rotatably, and the half kneaded noodle skin raw material and the wrap off-cuts piece mixed within the supply unit are rolled between the noodle belt forming unit and the upper portion of the driving roller at the front of the feeding conveyor below the supply unit, so that the one-layer new noodle belt is formed. Therefore, it is possible to easily form the new noodle belt having the one-layer structure in a short time on the basis of the rolling motion of the pipe roller.
According to the tenth aspect, the feeding unit includes the driving roller which is arranged at the front position, the driven roller which is arranged at the rear position, the endless conveyor belt which is wound between both the rollers, the support plate which is arranged along the lower surface of the upper horizontal portion of the conveyor belt, and the pressing roller and the lifting roller which bring the upper horizontal portion and the lower horizontal portion of the conveyor belt into contact with or close contact with both upper and lower surfaces of the support plate near the rear side of the conveyor belt. Therefore, the belt-like wrap off-cuts after being die cut can be suspended from the driving roller leading end while being smoothly transferred forward, and can be securely fed to the cutting unit which is positioned below.
According to the eleventh aspect, the plurality of die cutting holes for the gyoza skin are open to the endless conveyor belt at uniform intervals.
Therefore, the new noodle belt mounted on the conveyor belt can be preferably die cut into the gyoza skin intermittently.
According to the twelfth aspect, the through holes for the gyoza skin having the same shape and the same size as those of the die cutting holes in the conveyor belt are open to the support plate in the die cutting unit at the rear of the support plate. Therefore, the conveyor belt can be stabilized in a horizontal state, and the new noodle belt can be securely die cut by the die cutting hole of the conveyor belt without being troubled.
According to the thirteenth aspect, the plurality of locking projections are provided in the protruding manner at uniform intervals on the outer peripheries of both ends of the driving roller, and the plurality of locking holes locked to the locking projections are pierced at uniform intervals in both sides of the endless conveyor belt, so that the conveyor belt is rotated in the same direction according to rotation of the driving roller. Therefore, the rotation of the conveyor belt can be smoothly and securely performed.
According to the fourteenth aspect, the die cutting unit includes the cover which is covered from the above in the vicinity of the rear side of the feeding unit and is open in the lower end thereof, the base plate which is fixed to the approximately center portion in the cover, and the punching die which is arranged below the base plate so as to be movable up and down. Therefore, the new noodle belt can be securely and easily die cut into the gyoza skin with a simple mechanism.
According to the fifteenth aspect, the punching die is configured to transfer the belt-like wrap off-cuts to the front side of the feeding unit, the belt-like wrap off-cuts on which the plurality of punching holes are formed at uniform intervals, the plurality of punching holes being obtained by die cutting the new noodle belt mounted on the upper surface of the conveyor belt while sequentially inserting to and extracting from the through holes in the support plate of the feeding unit and the die cutting holes passing through both the upper and lower surfaces of the conveyor belt in the cover. Therefore, the punching die can smoothly move without troubling the punching operation caused by the ascending and descending motion of the punching die in the same manner as mentioned above, and the belt-like wrap off-cuts after being die cut can be easily transferred to the front side of the feeding unit.
According to the sixteenth aspect, the punching die is configured to transfer the gyoza skin to the gyoza forming machine waiting below the die cutting unit, the gyoza skin being obtained by die cutting the new noodle belt mounted on the upper surface of the conveyor belt while sequentially inserting to and extracting from the through holes in the support plate of the feeding unit and the die cutting holes passing through both the upper and lower surfaces of the conveyor belt in the cover. Therefore, both the upper and lower surfaces overlapped into three layers are consistent with each of the holes in the support plate. Thus, the punching die can be smoothly moved without troubling the punching operation caused by the ascending and descending motion of the punching die, and the gyoza skin can be easily transferred to the gyoza forming machine.
A description will be in detail given below of an embodiment of a wrap off-cuts cutting and returning apparatus in a gyoza forming machine according to the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.
First of all, a description will be comprehensively given of a gyoza forming machine P according to the present embodiment. As shown in
In particular, a wrap off-cuts cutting and returning apparatus in the gyoza forming machine according to the present invention is provided as major parts with a cutting unit 1 which continuously cuts the belt-like wrap off-cuts N after die cutting the new noodle belt W into a predetermined length, a supply unit 2 for the half kneaded noodle skin raw material F to which the wrap off-cuts piece N1 obtained by cutting the new noodle belt W by the cutting unit 1 is supplied one after the other while dropping, a noodle belt forming unit 3 which compresses the wrap off-cuts piece N1 and the half kneaded noodle skin raw material F mixed within the supply unit 2 to form the new noodle belt W having the one-layer structure, a rolling unit 4 which transfers the new noodle belt W formed by the noodle belt forming unit 3 by a feeding conveyor 8 and rolls the new noodle belt W, a die cutting unit 5 which transfers the new noodle belt W after being rolled by a feeding conveyor 9 and die cuts the new noodle belt W into a gyoza skin M, a feeding unit 6 which introduces the belt-like wrap off-cuts N after being die cut to the cutting unit 1, and a gyoza forming machine 7.
Describing in more detail, the cutting unit 1 is structured, as shown in
The scrapers 12 and 12 are provided for scraping off noodle dregs attached to a leading end (a plurality of plate blade leading ends mentioned later) of the rotary blade 10 and an outer peripheral surface of the rotating roller 11, when cutting the belt-like wrap off-cuts N dropped from the leading end portion of the feeding unit 6 into a wrap off-cuts piece N1 having a predetermined length between the rotary blade 10 and the rotating roller 11 in the cutting unit 1.
In the meantime, the covers 13 and 13 act as a guide for supplying the wrap off-cuts piece N1 together with the noodle dregs scraped off by the scrapers 12 and 12 into the below supply unit 2 from a lower end gap in addition to the role of covering the cutting unit 1.
In the cutting unit 1, the rotary blade 10 is formed by a metal material, and is circumferentially provided with base portions of a plurality of (eight in the illustrated embodiment) plate blades 10b on an outer periphery of a columnar rotating shaft 10a at uniform intervals.
In the meantime, in the cutting unit 1, the rotating roller 11 is formed by a metal material, and a pipe roller 11b is firmly attached to an outer periphery of a columnar rotating shaft 11a. The pipe roller 11b may employ a hard elastic material, for example, a hard rubber in place of the metal material.
The rotary blade 10 is structured, as shown in
The rotating roller 11 is structured such that both ends of the rotating shaft 11a are axially supported to both ends of the rectangular frame 14 so as to be freely rotatable via a bearing 20. Further, each of the rectangular frame 14 and the drive unit 17 such as the motor is attached to an attachment plate 21.
The rotating roller 11 is set such as to be freely rotatable via the bearing 20, however, may be rotatably driven in a direction of an arrow (an opposite direction to the rotary blade 10) as shown in
Further, in the cutting unit 1, horizontal widths (lengths in an axial direction) of the plate blade 10b of the rotary blade 10 and the rotating roller 11 are set to be slightly longer than that of the belt-like wrap off-cuts N corresponding to an object to be cut. Thus, the belt-like wrap off-cuts N is cut off one by one without being wasted since the leading end of the plate blade 10b of the rotary blade 10 intermittently comes into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the rotating roller 11.
Next, a description will be given of the other embodiment of the cutting unit 1.
The cutting unit 1 according to the present embodiment mentioned above is formed by combination of the rotary blade 10 having a plurality of plate blades 10b and one rotating roller 11. However, the cutting unit 1 according to the other embodiment is formed by combination of a knife and a cutting board, as shown in
More specifically, a backing plate 22 is arranged in a back face of the belt-like wrap off-cuts N falling down vertically from the leading end of the feeding unit 6 of the belt-like wrap off-cuts N, and one flat blade 24 is arranged in an opposing manner at a predetermined interval, the flat blade 24 being horizontally fixed to a shaft portion 23a which extends and contracts in a longitudinal direction by a drive unit 23 such as a cylinder transversely provided in a front face side of the backing plate 22.
In the drawing, reference numeral 25 denotes a base plate, and reference numeral 26 denotes a retention band fixing the drive unit 23 to the base plate 25, respectively. The horizontal flat blade 24 may be constructed by a plurality of horizontal flat blades which are provided at predetermined intervals in a vertical direction.
Next,
Further, the flat blade 24 intermittently cuts the belt-like wrap off-cuts N in the process of falling down along the front face of the backing plate 22 on the basis of the repeated extension and contraction of the shaft portion 23a of the drive unit 23. The wrap off-cuts piece N1 cut as mentioned above is continuously supplied into the below supply unit 2 while dropping.
Further, the supply unit 2 is configured to be arranged below the cutting unit 1, as shown in
Describing in detail, the supply unit 2 is formed in such a manner that the wrap off-cuts piece N1 cut by the cutting unit 1 is continuously let down and input to the upper side of the noodle skin raw material F after supplying the half kneaded noodle skin raw material F to the upper surface of the feeding conveyor 28 in the rear side within the hopper 27.
The wrap off-cuts piece N1 supplied to the hopper 27 as mentioned above is dispersed into a lot of wrap off-cuts pieces N1 having various large and small sizes and shapes and is continuously dropped into the above of the half kneaded noodle skin raw material F within the hopper 27 as shown in
Further, the hopper 27 is formed into a rectangular shape which is longer in a longitudinal direction (a rotating direction of the feeding conveyor 28) in a plan view, and is formed by a rectangular frame 27a which is open in a vertical direction, and a front side of the rectangular frame 27a is open and is communicated with the noodle belt forming unit 3 in the next step.
Further, as shown in
The agitating mechanism 29 is formed, as shown in
The noodle belt forming unit 3 is arranged in the front side of the supply unit 2 as shown in
More specifically, the noodle belt forming unit 3 is provided with a rolling machine 30 in which a rotating disc 30b axially supporting a plurality of beat rollers 30a rotatably on the same circumference is fixed to a shaft 30d pivotally supported below a support frame 30c, as shown in detail in
Further, in an inner side of the beat rollers 30a, two arc-shaped partition plates 30f and 30f are arranged in an opposing manner at front and rear positions so as to prevent the mixed material supplied and fed from the supply unit 2 by the feeding conveyor 28 from moving into the periphery of the beat rollers 30a and prevent a rotation trouble from being generated. In this state, the partition plate 30f in the rear side is positioned in the inner side of the pressing plate 30e.
Further, an oscillation member 30g to which one end of the pressing plate 30e is fixed is axially supported to the shaft 30d so as to be swingable between a position a and a position b in the drawing via a bearing 30h together with the pressing plate 30e, as shown in
In the meantime, as shown in
The rolling unit 4 is provided with a plurality of (three in the present embodiment) rolling means (31a to 31c) which expands the new noodle belt W via the feeding conveyor 8 after the mixed material of the half kneaded noodle skin raw material F and the wrap off-cuts piece N1 is compressed and the new noodle belt W having the one-layer structure is formed by the noodle belt forming unit 3.
More specifically, a pair of rollers (r1 and r2) are arranged in each of the rolling means (31a to 31c) while sequentially narrowing a distance between them, as shown in
Further, the feeding conveyor 9 is arranged below the final pair of rollers (r1 and r2) in the rolling means (31a to 31c), and a guide roll 32 is arranged just below between both the rollers (r1 and r2) and in the upper portion of the feeding conveyor 9, the guide roll 32 feeding the new noodle belt W falling down between the final pair of rollers (r1 and r2) in a direction of a leading end of the feeding conveyor 9 while bending into an approximately L-shaped form in the front view.
The new noodle belt W moving on the feeding conveyor 9 is suspended downward at the leading end of the feeding conveyor 9 and is transferred to the die cutting unit 5 and the feeding unit 6 in the next step.
The die cutting unit 5 is provided for die cutting the new noodle belt W introduced from the rear end side of the feeding unit 6 via the noodle belt forming unit 3, the feeding conveyor 8, the rolling unit 4 and the feeding conveyor 9 into a predetermined shape (for example, a circular shape or an oval shape) and obtaining the belt-like wrap off-cuts N having a lot of punching holes N2 and the gyoza skin M.
More specifically, the die cutting unit 5 is provided with a lower open box-shaped cover 33 which is coated from the above in the vicinity of the rear side of the feeding unit 6, a base plate 34 which is horizontally fixed to an approximately center portion within the cover 33, two cylinders 35 and 35 which are arranged in both sides of an upper portion of the base plate 34, and two punching dies 36 and 36 which are coupled and fixed to lower ends of drive shafts 35a and 35a of both the cylinders 35 and 35.
An upper surface of the base plate 34 is formed into a flat shape in such a manner that the cylinders 35 and 35 are vertically fixed thereto, and a lower surface of the base plate 34 is formed in such a manner that two punching dies 36 and 36 are accommodated and the same shape and number of concave portions 37 are open downward. Further, the punching dies 36 and 36 is configured to ascend and descend while peripherally contacting with inner walls of the concave portions 37 and 37 on the basis of upward and downward motions of the drive shafts 35a and 35a of the cylinders 35 and 35.
In the meantime, below the cover 33, the new noodle belt W is put on the feeding unit 6, and a pair of two gyoza forming machines 7 and 7 are on standby, as shown in
At this time, the feeding unit 6 is in a state in which respective holes of an upper belt of a feeding conveyor, a support plate in an intermediate portion and a lower belt are communicated (this state will be mentioned later).
As shown in
In the present embodiment, the ascending and descending motion of the punching dies 36 and 36 is performed by two cylinders 35 and 35, however, is not limited to this, but may of course utilize the other drive mechanism.
The feeding unit 6 is provided as major parts a large-diameter driving roller 38 which is arranged at a front position, a small-diameter driven roller 39 which is arranged at a rear position, an endless conveyor belt 40 which is wound between both the rollers 38 and 39, a support plate 41 which is arranged along a lower surface of an upper horizontal portion 40a of the conveyor belt 40, a rotatable small-diameter lifting roller 42 which is arranged slightly at a rear side of the center of the conveyor belt 40 in such a manner as to bring a lower inclined portion 40b of the conveyor belt 40 into contact or close contact with a lower surface of the support plate 41, a rotatable small-diameter pressing roller 43 which is arranged in such a manner as to bring the conveyor belt 40 into contact or close contact with an upper surface of the support plate 41 in an upper side in front of the driven roller 39, a guide roller 44 which guides the new noodle belt W rotatably arranged in the vicinity in front of the pressing roller 43 to the upper surface of the upper horizontal portion 40a of the conveyor belt 40 while bending the new noodle belt W in a perpendicular direction from the above, support frames 45 and 45 which are arranged in an opposing manner in both sides of the conveyor belt 40 and the support plate 41 while axially supporting each of the rollers 38, 39, 42, 43 and 44 leading to the driven roller 39 from the driving roller 38, and a drive unit 46 such as a motor which is arranged on an outer surface of the one support frame 45 in such a manner as to intermittently rotate the driving roller 38 in a direction of an arrow (a counterclockwise direction), as shown in
Further, a plurality of (eight in the present embodiment) locking projections 38a are provided in a protruding manner at uniform intervals on outer peripheries of both ends of the driving roller 38, and a plurality of locking holes 40d locked to the respective locking projections 38a of the driving roller 38 are pierced at uniform intervals in both sides of the endless conveyor belt 40.
In association with the rotation of the driving roller 38 in the direction of the arrow in the drawing (the counterclockwise direction) by the drive unit 46 as mentioned above, the locking projections 38a in both ends of the driving roller 38 are engaged with the locking holes 40d in both ends of the endless conveyor belt 40 one by one. As a result, the conveyor belt 40 is also rotated in the same direction, that is, the direction of the arrow in the drawing (the counterclockwise direction).
Further, in the endless conveyor belt 40, a plurality of die cutting holes 40e for the gyoza skin M are opened over two lines and at uniform intervals in both sides and in a longitudinal direction. It goes without saying that the die cutting holes 40e may be disposed in one line. By the way, the die cutting hole 40e of the conveyor belt 40 and the through hole 41a of the support plate 41 have the same shape and same size as those of each of the punching holes N2 of the belt-like wrap off-cuts N.
In the meantime, the die cutting unit 5 is arranged as already mentioned in the rear side of the feeding unit 6, as shown in
Further, the through hole 41a is open to the support plate 41, the through hole 41a having the same shape and same size as those of an inner side of the concave portions 37 and 37 provided in the lower surface of the base plate 34, that is, an outer shape of the punching die 36 and 36 ascended and descended by the cylinders 35 and 35 and an inner shape of the die cutting hole 40e of the conveyor belt 40. When the conveyor belt 40 intermittently rotated by the driving roller 38 stops, both the die cutting holes 40e and 40e of the upper horizontal portion 40a and the lower horizontal portion 40c are consistent with the through hole 41a.
In the new noodle belt W which is guided by the guide roller 44 and put on the rear upper surface of the upper horizontal portion 40a of the conveyor belt 40, the gyoza skins M and M is supplied while dropping to the gyoza forming machines 7 and 7 which are positioned below, the gyoza skins M and M being die cut by the punching dies 36 and 36 sequentially passing through the punching holes 40e and 40e in the upper portion of the conveyor belt 40, the through hole 41a of the support plate 41 and the punching holes 40e and 40e in the lower portion of the conveyor belt 40 to fall down in association with the rotation stop of the conveyor belt 40.
On the contrary, the belt-like wrap off-cuts N after being die cut is transferred to the upper surface of the driving roller 38 in the front side via the upper horizontal portion 40a of the conveyor belt 40 while being supported by the support plate 41 in association with the return rotation of the conveyor belt 40, is suspended from the leading end of the driving roller 38, and comes to the wrap off-cuts piece N1 cut by the cutting unit 1 to be supplied while dropping to the rear side of the upper surface of the feeding conveyor 28 within the hopper 27 in the supply unit 2.
The gyoza forming machine 7 making the gyoza G using the gyoza skin M die cut by the die cutting unit 5 is provided as major members a receiving die 47, an intermediate die 48, a pressing die 49, a gyoza forming concave portion 50 and a base plate 51 as shown in
Further, the receiving die 47, the intermediate die 48 and the pressing die 49 are set to an open state, the gyoza skin M is put on the upper surfaces of the intermediate die including the forming concave portion 50 and the base plate 51 and the pressing die 49 via the die cutting unit 5, and thereafter the filling g is filled in the approximately center portion of the gyoza skin M by a hopper H for the filling in the gyoza forming machine P.
Next, as shown in
Finally, as shown in
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| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| JP2021-212897 | Dec 2021 | JP | national |
